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I went down in Louisiana, down on that Band 1. Walter Davis -- "M & 0 Blues #3"
floor, (twice)
I wonder if JIll win any money,
My baby got a ruling,
And she called the chief of pOlice.
Sure gonna bring it home. My baby got a ruling
Called the police up b my door
I gambled yesterday, and I gambled again And I believe to my soul '
tqday, (twice) Goin' to have to ride that M & O.
But you know if I don't win tomorrow
I'm gonna throw my cards away. I'm a railroad man, and I love that M & O.
(repeat)
And when I leave this time
Says, you know I'm a gambler, 'cause I've I ain't comin' back no mo'.
been gambling all the time (twice)
But you know, I've got to win some money Now don't the moon look pretty, shinin' down
So I can give it to that gal of mine. through the trees, (repeat)
I can see my baby
3. Sylvester Palmer -- "Broke Man Blues" But I swear that sbe can It see me.
I've lost all my money, baby, )" repeat) I lost all I had, everything I had to lose,
And everything I had too, ,. (repeat)
I lost the one I love,
That's why you hear me cryin' I just can't lose these blues.
Mama, tnese broke man blues.
It's tough to lose everything you got, lose
Ummhumm, I ain't got to sing it no more, (repeat) (spoken) the one you love,
'Cause I been broke, baby, You know I got the blues.
And I got these broke man blues.
As I see it, I be blue all the time (repeat)
Band 6. Wesley Wallace -- "Number 29" If I don't go crazy, '
Then I will lose my mind.
A little train called 29
••• co nun'. f rom St. 'Louis. I believe I'll just go home and kill my wife
(spoken) alive. Yes sir,
• • • she blows that whistl.e,
She blows the whistle this way. 'cause she come and bring me that old jive.
I caught that train one night, And I better go
home than sit in some old dive.
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Band 5. Little Brother Montgomery -- Band 7. Peetie Wheatstraw -- "Good Woman Blues"
"The First Time I Met You"
What makes me love my baby, (repeat)
The first time I met the blues, mama, She loved me when I was down,
They came walkin' through the wood. Well she was nice and kind,
(repeat) She did not dog me around.
They stopped at my house first, mama,
And done me all the harm they could. You know, most of the women
Will listen to what people say, (repeat)
Now my blues got at me, and run me from But you know my babe,
tree to tree, (repeat) Well, well, she's just the other way.
You should have heard me beggin',
Mister Blues, don't bother me. She gave me money~ and kept me nice and
clean, (repeat)
Good mornin', blues, what are you doin' You know when I was down,
here so soon? (repeat) My babe didn't treat mtl mean.
You be with me every mornin',
Lordy, every night and noon. Now I'm good to my baby, since I'm up on
my feet, (repeat)
The blues came down the valley, and stopped Now I don't care
right at my door, (repeat) If I see another v.o man on the street.
They give me more hard luck and trcuble
Than I ever had before.
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